December 2013 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

HI Juno
by andy thomas 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Official result at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-360 A four-minute video depicting the efforts of a few of the amateur radio operators who participated in the event can be seen at: http://youtu.be/_yqHy_MpNiQ many thanks to JPL for the "What if..." andy g0sfj

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ARRL Centennial QSO Party - Satellite Operations
by Paul Stoetzer 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

The ARRL Centennial QSO Party is starting very soon ( http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party ) I would encourage everyone who may be interested in activating your state/territory/district on the satellites to contact the coordinator for your state ( http://www.arrl.org/files/file/On%20the%20Air/W1AW_2014_sked.pdf ) While I'm sure that some of the coordinators will make an effort to reach out to the satellite community, others may overlook us when making their plans. Let's try to get every state and territory activated on the satellites. I will be operating on the satellites as W1AW/3 from the District of Columbia during the week of July 2nd. I look forward to chasing as many of the W1AW portable operations as possible during 2014! 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv)

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GI100RSGB
by Pete H 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

The Mid Ulster Amateur Radio club will be hosting the special event callsign GI100RSGB over the weekend Dec 6-8th We hope to be QRV on most operational satellites from Friday 3pm UTC, however the current storm blowing in N. Ireland may slow down antenna setup. An ideal opportunity to work this special event call on a rare mode :) Updates will be posted at http://rsgb.org/main/operating/centenary-station/alerts-spots/ 73 Pete Mi0VAX Deputy Secretary, Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club

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Re: [Work-Sat] Satellite question
by Rick Tejera 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

I don't know, I've worked her well into eclipse. You have to remember to send the 74hz Pl tone to turn her on, but once she's on, she's good to go. Rick Tejera Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur radio Club (K7TEJ) www.w7tbc.org -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tim L Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 2:17 PM To: Work-Sat(a)yahoogroups.com; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [Work-Sat] Satellite question fyi, SO-50 is only workable during daylight passes, its battery is dead and only works on solar power. hope this helps, I know it threw me for a few nights "There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't" In today's email world 97% of all email is spam, please don't contribute. To: Work-Sat(a)yahoogroups.com; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org From: tbloomingdale(a)gmail.com Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:06:21 -0600 Subject: [Work-Sat] Satellite question Hello all. I got the interest bug of working the radio satellites. But with all this new satellites going up, im a little overwhelmed about information on what each one does or frequencies ect. Basically is there a satellite for dummy site that lists what each birds information is??.. currently I've done a hombrew tape measure antenna and HT's, and just haven't been successful on a qso or heck even hearing so50 yet. Thank you from a new to satellite, Todd Bloomingdale, KC9LOX Frozen in Tomah, Wisconsin USA __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: New Members 4 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use . Send us Feedback . __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Problem Receiving AMSAT-BB
by Les Rayburn 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

For the past week or so, I don't seem to be receiving the Daily Digest of AMSAT-BB, as I was before. I've tried all the usual fixes, without success: 1.) Checked spam filter settings, "junk" folder, and made sure that AMSAT-BB was on my white list. 2.) Checked the trash folder and message filters on Thunderbird. 3.) Tried unsubscribing to the list and re-subscribing. 4.) Finally, changed from Daily Digest to individual messages. No joy. Any ideas? (Please reply direct) -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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Re: Satellite question
by Clint Bradford 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

>> ... Todd, pls take a look here : http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1869 All excellent articles, indeed. But Todd is right where I was several years ago. If he were to take the cited references as his source for info, he'd be programming freqs for birds long deceased ... For current info (as of a few minutes ago) on the easy-to-work FM birds (right now, SO-50 and the ISS), my Web site will get you working this week ... http://www.work-sat.com For the SSB birds - including AO-73 that was just recently deployed, there is a "What Else?" link on the Sat Skeds page. Even if you do not have SSB equipment, you can hone your tracking skills with a couple of these new satellites. For those birds, watch AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-UK for current info. AMSAT-NA has their sat pass prediction system online, too - just remember to back out appropriate number of hours, because their data is shown to you in GMT ... http://www.amsat.org AND you will find plenty of assistance here, too! Clint Bradford K6LCS 909-241-7666 - cell

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General Telemetry Question
by Dave Marthouse 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

I noticed over the years that satellite beacon downlinks transmit their telemetry in a form that must be translated by a telemetry app to their engineering values. Since the information is transmitted from the satellites why not provide the engineering values in the downlink without the extra step having to be done on the ground? What is the logic of doing this? Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse(a)gmail.com

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Satellite question
by Todd Bloomingdale 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Hello all. I got the interest bug of working the radio satellites. But with all this new satellites going up, im a little overwhelmed about information on what each one does or frequencies ect. Basically is there a satellite for dummy site that lists what each birds information is??.. currently I've done a hombrew tape measure antenna and HT's, and just haven't been successful on a qso or heck even hearing so50 yet. Thank you from a new to satellite, Todd Bloomingdale, KC9LOX Frozen in Tomah, Wisconsin USA

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Satellite demonstration at the University of Cienfuegos
by Hector Luis HLMS. Martinez Sis 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Hello to all Tomorrow, the engineering faculty of the University of Cienfuegos (UCF) will be celebrating its XII Anniversary. There will be some conferences and presentations about engineering issues. Each researching group will talk about their future goals and projects. I am member of one of these groups and we are submitting a proposal to set a research line focused in experiments using amateur radio and satellites to support officially the practical curriculums of engineering students. I will make a presentation about amateur radio, satellites and educational activities. Then, I will be on the 1658z SO-50 pass for an on-air demonstration. Please, if you hear CO6CBF, give me a call and say hello to the crowd. Others details like your name, city, etc could be interesting too. Thanks in advance! 73! Hector, CO6CBF/KF5YXV --- Consulte la Enciclopedia Colaborativa Cubana http://www.ecured.cu/

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$50sat help
by Howie DeFelice 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

The $50sat team is asking for help form our friends in the southern hemisphere in capturing telemetry form $50sat. We are trying to determine the charging characteristics of the power system. The three team members all live above 40 degrees north and the satellite does not warm up enough during N-S passes to allow charging to begin. None of us are usually around during S-N passes. Any form of report is welcome: decode of the fast morse (120WPM), RTTY demod, audio recording or I/Q capture from a Funcube or RTL dongle would be greatly appreciated. A link to a detailed description of the communications package can be found on the $50sat website, http://www.50dollarsat.info . The last distribution of keps from AMSAT contain good elements for $50sat. $50sat is one of the smallest amateur radio satellites ever launched at 2"x2"x3" and weighs only 210 grams. TX power is just 100mW. Thanks, Howie AB2S

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